A military source revealed the details of the air strike that targeted ISIS hideouts, northeast of Baquba, the center of Diyala Governorate.
The source told the correspondent of the National Iraqi News Agency (NINA) that the air strike, which targeted an ISIS den in the Sandej area within the Hamrin Basin, northeast of Baquba, resulted in the killing of the Emir of ISIS and one of his assistants, according to preliminary information.
He added that the two dead were one of the leaders of ISIS and were involved in terrorist attacks that targeted villages and army security points during the previous years.
Source: National Iraqi News Agency
